Table of Contents
Preface 1
Part 1 Mueller Day
Chapter 1 July 24, 2019 5
Chapter 2 Gradually, Then Suddenly 14
Chapter 3 "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though" 21
Part 2 No One is Above the Law
Chapter 4 What My Dad Taught Me 27
Chapter 5 My Best Friend the Republican 31
Chapter 6 "We Do Justice" 38
Chapter 7 "Congress Doesn't Take Reservations" 44
Chapter 8 I.T. Help Desk, Can I Help You? 50
Chapter 9 National Security Democrat 55
Chapter 10 Land Grab 61
Chapter 11 Red Square 65
Chapter 12 Divide and Demean 69
Chapter 13 President Donald J. Trump? Really? 74
Part 3 All Roads Lead to Putin
Chapter 14 Investigating Russia's Interference 79
Chapter 15 Comey's Bombshell 87
Chapter 16 The Joker 94
Chapter 17 Taking on Tucker 98
Chapter 18 Limits to the Lying: Hope Hicks 103
Chapter 19 The Man with the Nixon Tattoo 108
Chapter 20 The Year of the Woman 114
Chapter 21 The Trump Shutdown 120
Chapter 22 "He Is a Racist. He Is a Con Man. He Is a Cheat." 127
Chapter 23 Running for President 131
Chapter 24 Beyond Mueller 138
Part 4 Ukraine
Chapter 25 Whistleblower 143
Chapter 26 "The Times Have Found Us" 148
Chapter 27 The Lessons of Watergate 154
Chapter 28 The Chairman 162
Chapter 29 Drip, Drip, Drip 169
Chapter 30 "When a Businessman Is About to Sign a Check" 177
Chapter 31 Total SCIF Storm 182
Chapter 32 The Free Press 187
Chapter 33 Where's Bolton? 190
Chapter 34 We're Live 194
Chapter 35 The Smear and Clear 198
Chapter 36 "Dad, Do Not Worry" 209
Chapter 37 Sondland 214
Chapter 38 The Last Word 220
Part 5 Impeaching the President
Chapter 39 Countdown to Impeachment 229
Chapter 40 We Present the Evidence 234
Chapter 41 The Articles 244
Chapter 42 Debate Night 252
Chapter 43 "If We Can Just Get Through Tomorrow" 261
Chapter 44 Forever Impeached 265
Chapter 45 What Do We Do Now? 273
Chapter 46 Trumped-Up War 279
Chapter 47 Schiff Shines 287
Chapter 48 "Your Head Will Be on a Pike" 292
Chapter 49 Courage 295
Part 6 A Second Impeachment
Chapter 50 The 2020 Election 299
Chapter 51 The Attack 307
Chapter 52 Impeachment II 324
Chapter 53 The Trial 331
Acknowledgments 357